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• F. Head from Eugene OregonIt’s simple, a Stella is a brand of cheap guitar, not a reference to person, they are hard to find since they were made poorly.
• Kevin from PennsylvaniaGoing the lyrics and thinking about how the two wrote these songs I got the feeling now that Hunter was writing this song about Jerry at that time. The spiritual meaning of the name Stella is star. The star has the blue. Probably referencing how he had change. Once a happy Angel but now a broken Angel. But who the hell knows lol? They toured insanely every year. Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall….had to be hard and lonely. All time favorite song that makes you well up.
• Musekic from Highland, Ut(Responding to Celeste) Or maybe a "never was" musician and Stella Blue was his guitar?
• Celeste from Havertown, PaI believe the meaning is about a has been musician and Stella Blue is his guitar.
• Jimmy Ray from "where I Think; I Am"someone that may have known and probably had more clues let it slip once that it was Jack's Stella. since the song was written in 1970 and Jack passed in 1969 it's not a lock but sure would be an appropriate person this epic could have been about. not only that it'd be a fitting marker in the musical/literary cosmos to the widow of one of the three that created what's come to be known as "beat". additionally, keeping things simple it seems like and important something Robert would pen a masterpiece for.

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